Random question here. What, if any, are the PROVEN health benefits of a sauna? You sweat losing water and valuable nutrients from your body. Just curious since I see them at almost every gym/fitness center I go to.

stay awy from this devil (sauna).
several years ago I used it every day and after about ten days I was feeling very weak.
Then I realized that I lose so many minerals and one night 2 o'clock in the morning I went to a nearby store and I bought and drunk 3 energy drinks at once then I ate 2 big chokolates and a small cake with cream.

Gyms will sell you pretty much anything. Think about some of the horribly personal trainers we've all seen.

Meanwhile, sweat lodges were/are intended to bring about spiritual visions (i.e. halucinations). Some Native American tribes also practived bleeding and/or took drugs to induce halucinations. I know of at least one tribe where men would suspend themselves from hooks passed through the collarbones.

I think its more for relaxation...like a spa or something. I don't know of too many people that think sauna's have real health benefits. Where I work we have one, with our pool and hot tub, and its just more to unwind after a hard workout.

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